The Old Guildhouse

THE OLD GUILDHOUSE, LEICESTER SQUARE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1272985
Date first listed:
16-Jan-1975
Statutory Address:
THE OLD GUILDHOUSE, LEICESTER SQUARE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1272985
Date first listed:
16-Jan-1975
Statutory Address 1:
THE OLD GUILDHOUSE, LEICESTER SQUARE

Location

Statutory Address:
THE OLD GUILDHOUSE, LEICESTER SQUARE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Kent
District:
Sevenoaks (District Authority)
Parish:
Penshurst
National Grid Reference:
TQ 52751 43824

Details

1. 5280 PENSHURST PENSHURST Leicester Square

The Old Guildhouse TQ 5243 23/821

II* GV

2. (Now 2 cottages). C16 or earlier. Framed half timbered house in good state of preservation. 2 storeys and gable end windows. Ridge tile roof and centre stack. Diamond paned windows. First floor oversailing and supported on carved wooden brackets. Partly boarded and partly plaster infilling. Modern shingle gable ends. Brick and stone plinth. Dragon beams at all 4 corners. Inter west extension in keeping.

Wall Cottage, Nos 1 to 3 (consec), the Archway, the Old Guildhouse and the Post Office and Retaining Wall form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ5275143824

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